Technical Info
Tri-5 Chevrolets ~ What Makes Them So Great?
Ridetech goes to the 2019 Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Kentucky to find out why 1955-1957 Chevrolets make such great Hot Rods. [More…]
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Rides & Roadkillers
Junk Car to Drag Car ~ Jon Chase’s 1955 Chevrolet
Jon saved this 1955 Chevrolet from a life on blocks to being NHRA certified drag car, able to run 8.50 in the quarter mile. [More…]
Builds and Examples
1955 Chevy Pro-Touring Build
1955 Chevrolet hardtop step-by-step restoration process of a highly sought after American classic by MetalWorks in Eugene, Oregon. [More…]
Builds and Examples
Custom Built 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Wagon
This custom 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Wagon was built by Classic Car Studio and dubbed “Gone Mad 55”. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Gary Kollofski’s V12 Powered 1955 Chevrolet
Gary Kollofski went way outside the box on his Tri-five Chevrolet, opting for a 730 CI V12 marine motor. [More…]
Builds and Examples
1954 Chevy Bel Air Restomod Build ~ Supercharged LSX 454
This cherry 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air was dropped off at The Roadster Shop to receive an upgrade on essentially every system under the body. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Survivor ~ 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air on Original Tires
Phoenix, Arizona ~ We’re looking at Jim Sheehan’s 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air with 20,000 original miles and still has the original 1957 tires! [More…]
Builds and Examples
Supercharged 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air Gasser Build
Hand Built Cars ~ This 1956 Chevy Gasser was built for George Poteet by Roadster Shop in Mundelein, Illinois. The car rides on a custom chassis that features an independent front suspension that looks like [More…]
Builds and Examples
Build Biology: 1956 Drag Racing Chevy ~ The Creamsicle
The Hoonigans resident drag racing daddy Jon Chase nerds out on this Hot Rod Drag Week-legendary ’56 Chevrolet… [More…]
Builds and Examples
ProTouring 1955 Chevrolet RestoMod Build
This black ProTouring 1955 Chevy sits on an Art Morrison chassis and is powered by a MSD fuel injected LS3. Other components include [More…]
Lifestyle
1955 Chevrolet Drag Race Rollover Crash ~ Slow Motion
At a Pikes Peak International Raceway hosted Colorado Street Outlaws race, a driver and his 1955 Chevrolet drag car start a race lined up against a Chevy Camaro. He gets the hole shot, but things [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Products & Reviews
Chevrolet Tri-5 Rear Axle Bearing Retainer Plates
Have you experienced leaking bearing retainers or bearing failure with your Tri-5? The original design is weak and as it becomes bent and distorted it allows the bearing to move back and forth within the [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
The NewMad – 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Custom
24,000 – That’s how many man-hours it took to build the “NewMad”. 24,000 hours and 1.3 million dollars. Hot rod designer Chris Ito was commissioned to pen the redesign. The NewMad began its life as the first generation Chevrolet Nomad, the halo model wagon derived from the Motorama Corvette of 1953-54. [More…]